Examining popular media portrayals of various health topics, this book offers a critical analysis of how those mediated messages can impact, for good or ill, people’s physical and mental health.Looking specifically at how various depictions of health topics have both aided in the normalization of health topics such as neurodiversity and HIV while also critiquing the dissemination of misinformation on these same topics, this book offers insight into the ways in which humorous content can both help and hurt. The author draws on a critical analysis of popular media including shows, social media, and stand-up specials, as well as interviews with those who use humor within health settings, such as Red Nose Docs, comedians who focus on their own health issues.This insightful study will interest scholars and students of health in popular culture as well as health communication, media studies, public health administration, and health policy.
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Examining popular media portrayals of various health topics, this book offers a critical analysis of how those mediated messages can impact, for good or ill, people’s physical and mental health.
PrefaceChapter One: How and Why We Experience HumorChapter Two: A History of Humor and HealthChapter Three: Laughing Through the Pain Benefits of HumorChapter Four: The Dangers and Dark Sides of HumorChapter Five: Humor and Stand-Up: Healing Through StorytellingChapter Six: Serious Illness, Silly ConversationChapter Seven: That’s Not Funny: When Comedy Misses the MarkChapter Eight: I Got a Joke for You: Building Community through Social Media PlatformsConclusion
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781032406312
Publisert
2024-08-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
553 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
194

Om bidragsyterne

Malynnda A. Johnson (PhD, University of WI–Milwaukee, 2012) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. She primarily teaches health communication and media studies and various courses, including interviewing and counseling, persuasion, interpersonal communication, media criticism, and cross-cultural communication. She has authored three books on media representations of health topics, including her most recent examining humor's role in our health. Additionally, she is actively working within the medical field, training patient advocates and providers on ways to improve their communication when working with minority groups (specifically, neurodiverse and transgender populations). Both professionally and personally, her goal is to help all people feel their voices are heard and to help make difficult conversations less difficult.